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Friday, 30 April 2010

A couple more boxes have been unpacked and distributed to their new homes.

D3 has set small tasks for me to do, no rush - only 7 days to the wedding!!!!

I have been crocheting, just no photos as they are gifts. So you will have to wait till they get gifted

So I have had a little time to browse and read and hopefully comments have got through.

So yesterday I sat outside and enjoyed my small spot of this

Lucky I did as today its slightly overcast, maybe we will finally get some rain. Did you know that most of Australia has been on some sort of water rations for at least 10 years!!!! e.g. only able to water plants for one hour at a set time, not being able to use hoses etc.

And my fingers have been itching to do a little of this

Just to keep in practise. I made sure the project was small - a beanie for one of the charities

Friday, 23 April 2010

Fourth and last verse of this wonderful poem which is recited at various places on Anzac (Australian & New Zealand Army Corp) Day, 25th April. It is also said as the sun goes down in our RSL Clubs. All patrons are expected to stand and face the west

Tuesday, 20 April 2010

Oh, oh, oh did anyone else notice that Sue did a write-up for SIBOLhere?

Go Team SIBOL!!!!!!!

I think it is going to go viral!!!!!

Now for my weekend

First off I had a small dilemma! The requirement to attend the Hen's Day was that

You need to wear BLACK - tick

Be in a PARTY mood - tick

and you need to accessorise with PINK - oh no, my problem

It's not that I don't like the colour pink, I just don't like wearing it.

So I went looking for Fascinators - I am too old for them to look decent on me

Hats - nobody had anything decent that was not going to cost me a fortune

Cheap jewellery - what is it, pink is not in fashion any more!!!!

So I gave up and came home and tried to wrack my brain - I know, poor brain trying to think that hard. But I was desperate!!!

Maybe I could make my own jewellery, so on to Ravellery. Boy I am being fussy, I just hate fashion jewellery, give me the old classy real stuff

Then I spotted this -

Perfect, it can carry all the necessary bits and pieces that I need when I am in a crowded area.

And supposedly my winnings - well I found 5 cents before getting to the races and that is all that came home in my "winning purse" :-(

Did I mention how warm it was on Saturday, actually still is very warm still. It was so warm, that most of us got a touch of sun tan!! I packed the Panadol for headaches and Band-Aids for blistered feet, but never once thought about sunscreen ☺

The girls wanted to sit on the grassy area near the finish line, so this was my view of the jockeys and their horses

Can you see them?

Maybe here .....

Nope, being a shorty I did not get to see the finish line with every one standing up either ☺

Thursday, 15 April 2010

I forgot to say a HUGE thank you to Mrs Twins in my blog - I have done it by personal email, so please do not think me rude. She had a knitting pattern that she was not going to use and offered it to anyone who would like it. Well, as it was for toys, I said I would love it. There are always children within the Charity Groups who could do with a little something special - and another reason why I need fibrefill.

Sue is such a lovely lady, and I know how expensive it is to post overseas, but she still sent me this ..........

The yarn is so soft and scrummy and I know what I want to make with it, just need a pattern I like ☺

Hi everyone
Yes I am writing a post for my blog!!!
What a crazy couple of weeks with moving house, packing and unpacking (not all but most), having a long weekend for Easter and yet .......... there is more to come. So don't worry if you don't hear from me regularly.

Saturday we have a Hen's Day out at Randwick Races, which happens to be Doncaster Day there. So I am sure it will be another crowded, busy and long day. The countdown is now down to days for the wedding 22 to be exact, if you don't count the day - which I never do. While D3 and her finance have organised everything themselves, I and hubby, still get little "tasks" to accomplish for them while they are working ☺ Just cause!!!!

To help destress and take time out I have been doing a little crochet, some completed and some not ......

This got finished last night. Please ignore how the "fill" does not sit properly, it is a square insert in a hexagon outer, until I can find some fiberfill near me, the insert took long enough to find :-(

I just could not wait any longer to try out the pattern and make something with it

There is a slight difference between the front and back. This is the side I prefer and ........

and hubby prefers this side (on the right)

I have used the join-as-you-go method. What a find for me - a century find actually. I love making the smaller shapes, hexagons in particular at the moment, but like most the sewing together takes ages. Not now, it can be fiddly with smaller shapes, but so very, very, very, very worthwhile.

Tuesday, 6 April 2010

Hi everyone
Still here, but you may have wondered where I have been. Well since we had a very, very, long weekend here in Australia (Fri, Sat, Sun & Mon) events were planned before we move next weekend.

Hubby's family have lunch together on Good Friday, so nearly all day was spent there. Fairly crowded with great-great-grandparents and aunts, great-grandparents, grandparents, children and grandchildren in multiples.

Then D3 & D2 and their partners decided they would like to have dinner with us. So we left hubby's gathering so I could get a meal together for my lot. Baked chicken pieces with veggie trimmings ... mmmm

Saturday, we were here (sorry, not a good photo using my phone)

At the Rosehill Races for the big Autumn Carnival Race, the Golden Slipper. A VERY BIG day and very, very, very crowded day too. Unfortunately, no big winners were found by the group we were with .....

Sunday we walked to the next suburb and had a relaxed breakfast with D2 & her partner and then walked home. My poor legs were so tired.

Then Monday, we decided to go the Sydney Royal Easter Show which is run by the Royal Agriculural Society. A chance for the country folks to show off to the city folks, and for the city folks to learn about country. And of course all the gimmicks that go along with that.

In 1822 the Agricultural Society of NSW (RAS) was formed by a group of Sydney's leading citizens with the aim of "furthering the quality of Australia's primary production by means of contests and competitions". More can be learnt here if your interested.

So I checked out the Food Pavilion as I love the display. Here is the one that won overall

And the one that won first for display

Then we were off the check out the craft - hubby to wood, photography and paintings, me to crochet, stiching and anything else that caught my fancy